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- Section Get Prepared to Teach this Scheme of Work in Your Classroom
- Lesson 1 Building a Classroom Community
- Lesson 2 Exploring Where I'm From
- Lesson 3 Exploring Social Inequality
- Lesson 4 Priestley's World and the World of the Play
- Lesson 5 The Treatment of Edwardian Women
- Lesson 6 Entering the World of the Play
- Lesson 7 Understanding Class
- Lesson 8 Developing Character Inferences
- Lesson 9 Understanding Mr Birling
- Lesson 10 The Cost of Labour
- Assessment Persuasive Writing: A Letter to Parliament
- Lesson 11 Understanding Sheila
- Lesson 12 Act One Review
- Lesson 13 Differing Perspectives and Conflict
- Lesson 14 Analysing Gerald’s Character
- Lesson 15 Understanding Mrs Birling
- Assessment Analytical Writing: A Character Paragraph
- Lesson 16 Eric's Decisions and Consent
- Assessment Persuasive Writing: A Speech about Consent
- Lesson 17 Inspecting Inspector Goole
- Lesson 18 Social Systems and Individual Agency
- Lesson 19 Putting the Characters on Trial
- Lesson 20 Bearing Witness to Eva Smith
- Assessment Analytical Writing: The GCSE Character Essay
- Lesson 21 What Lessons Can We Learn?
- Assessment Persuasive Writing: A Letter to a Newspaper for a Caring Community
- Lesson 22 Recurring Themes in the Play
- Lesson 23 Theatre as a Call to Action
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Teaching An Inspector Calls
Use this unit to transform how you teach J.B. Priestley's play and support your students in becoming effective writers, critical thinkers, and socially responsible citizens, who excel in their GCSEs.

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Analytical Writing: A Character Paragraph
Students write an analytical paragraph on character having generated claims, selected evidence and read a model paragraph.

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Analytical Writing: The GCSE Character Essay
Students write an essay on character having generated claims, selected and annotated evidence, and read a model essay.

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The Cost of Labour
Students explore the moral codes of the world of the play, before being introduced to the concept of a universe of obligation and participating in a debate on workers’ rights.

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Eric's Decisions and Consent
Students consider the role power plays in the interactions between characters, focusing on the relationship between Eric and Eva, before discussing consent.

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Exploring Social Inequality
Students explore social inequality in the UK, discussing how an individual’s background can impact their opportunities before examining graphs that display social inequality and employment trends.

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Inspecting Inspector Goole
Students create an identity chart for Inspector Goole, analyse his parting words, and look for clues to uncover who or what Inspector Goole is.

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Putting the Characters on Trial
Students finish reading the play and participate in a court trial to decide which character is the most responsible for the death of Eva Smith.

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Social Systems and Individual Agency
Students identify the parts, people, and interactions of various social systems, thinking about what bearing they have on character choices and behaviour, before considering responses to injustice.

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Theatre as a Call to Action
Students consider theatre as a call to action, discussing its power and limitations to spark real social change, before plotting their own play inspired by An Inspector Calls.

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The Treatment of Edwardian Women
Students examine various resources, including excerpts from Emmeline Pankhurt’s ‘Freedom or Death’ speech, to gain an understanding of how women were treated and expected to behave in Edwardian society.

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Understanding Mrs Birling
Students consider what factors impacted Mrs Birling’s treatment of Eva Smith, and create a universe of obligation graphic representation for her character.

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